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- ↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1969–1973". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ↑ "1970 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2013.